:01:57. > :02:01.Good evening. Our first hat-trick of Sunday Games this season at
:02:01. > :02:05.watched by Alan Hansen and Dion Dublin and with all the action from
:02:05. > :02:10.yesterday and goal of the month thrown in, it is 70 minutes of
:02:10. > :02:16.football heaven and we send you straight to the Saints to kick it
:02:16. > :02:20.all off. This fixture not only marks Sir Alex Ferguson's 1000
:02:20. > :02:26.league game in charge of Man United, but it is one that is bog of
:02:26. > :02:31.history. April 1996 was a great day for Manchester United on the south
:02:31. > :02:36.coast, a 3-1 defeat which Fergie blamed on the colour of the United
:02:36. > :02:41.shirts. Southampton versus Manchester United has been an
:02:41. > :02:47.incredible tie ever since. We have seen the Saints hit United for six
:02:47. > :02:52.and the Red Devils get their revenge. The last time the two met
:02:52. > :02:57.a United win at relegated Southampton after a 27 year stay in
:02:57. > :03:01.the top flight. It is great to see them back, if only to see them
:03:01. > :03:07.renew hostilities with Manchester United in the fixture that just
:03:07. > :03:13.keeps on giving. Sir Alex Ferguson has scripted so much drama in this
:03:13. > :03:23.fixture and he reaches another milestone. It is his 1000 match as
:03:23. > :03:46.
:03:46. > :03:56.included. United make three changes. Anders Lindergaard is preferred.
:03:56. > :03:56.
:03:56. > :04:06.Danny Welbeck replaces Ashley Young who is injured. Manchester United
:04:06. > :04:07.
:04:07. > :04:14.looking for a 4th Premier when in their 5th visit to St Mary's. That
:04:14. > :04:24.was typical van Persie. He has settled in Manchester United so
:04:24. > :04:36.
:04:36. > :04:45.quickly and so well he could have little bit flat after a bright
:04:45. > :04:55.opening five or six minutes. Adam Lallana got the shot away. A neat
:04:55. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :05:03.little set-piece routine. The Southampton chairman is an
:05:03. > :05:13.ambitious man who has driven the club forward. There is some youth
:05:13. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:42.hour played. How about this? Rickie Lambert, hero of successive
:05:42. > :05:48.promotion campaigns gets his second goal in the Premier League already.
:05:48. > :05:55.Manchester United gave it away cheaply. From that moment when the
:05:55. > :06:04.cross comes in at United are always in trouble at the far post. Rickie
:06:04. > :06:14.Lambert was isolated and he was always going to win. 90 goals in
:06:14. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:48.161 Games for the club. Manchester the way he dropped away from his
:06:48. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:07.market. That has cost Southampton into a dangerous position, but he
:07:07. > :07:27.
:07:27. > :07:35.He is such a good striker of the ball. Eight terrific game of
:07:35. > :07:45.football to watch. 10 times Manager of the Year. 1000 League Games
:07:45. > :08:17.
:08:17. > :08:27.disguised it. I do not think the goalkeeper would have seen that
:08:27. > :08:55.
:08:55. > :09:05.until very late. Shinji Kagawa hook. A striker of his quality
:09:05. > :09:25.
:09:26. > :09:35.was the Manchester United defence? They do not care. Twice we have
:09:36. > :09:43.
:09:43. > :09:53.seen defenders make costly slips in this game. Morgan Schneiderlin put
:09:53. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:10:51. > :10:58.for days like this. Manchester spend dramatically. Southampton
:10:58. > :11:08.have been the better passing team. What an outstanding testimonial
:11:08. > :11:14.
:11:14. > :11:24.that is to Nigel Atkins and his work. It is a penalty. It was risky
:11:24. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :12:01.Manchester United hero went for the little chip. Another day off huge
:12:01. > :12:11.
:12:11. > :12:21.Southampton-Manchester United's drama. To casual, he knows it. That
:12:21. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:46.was a brilliant challenge by van Persie is redeemed. The man who
:12:46. > :12:56.squandered the penalty opportunity drawers at Manchester United's
:12:56. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:09.level after a tremendous game of football. This time he simply made
:13:09. > :13:40.
:13:40. > :13:47.Manchester United have won it in the second minute of stoppage time.
:13:47. > :13:57.Irrepressible. Southampton are crestfallen. The Premier League can
:13:57. > :13:57.
:13:57. > :14:07.be so cruel. But no-one picked him up. He lost his markers. A
:14:07. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:20.brilliant finish. Manchester United I learned so relieved. When they
:14:20. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:26.missed at the penalty I was gutted. -- when I missed the penalty.
:14:26. > :14:34.Normally when he gets a parody he rattles that in the corner. His
:14:34. > :14:39.first goal was magnificent. It is not a nice feeling. We are used to
:14:39. > :14:48.winning at the football club. We give ourselves two goals but did
:14:48. > :14:53.not see it out. You have idea drummer's and this is another one?
:14:53. > :14:59.Adders and heart attacks! We did not really start playing until Paul
:14:59. > :15:05.Scholes came onto the pitch. Scholes is unbelievable. He is
:15:05. > :15:10.world class. He changed the game. He is my man of the match. We have
:15:10. > :15:17.scored goals. We want to pass the football. At this level you get
:15:17. > :15:23.punished. That is probably why defenders cost so much money.
:15:23. > :15:31.years back I reached 1000 games. To be manager for 1000 league games is
:15:31. > :15:37.exceptional. I do not think it will happen again. Three top games today.
:15:37. > :15:42.That is top billing every time they get together? If Southampton player
:15:42. > :15:51.like that against any other side, they will win. Southampton should
:15:51. > :15:55.be proud of how they played. scored Europe debut goal? It was
:15:55. > :16:04.not in the run of the video you short. It should have been in there,
:16:04. > :16:10.my first goal. It was from a yard! I want to start 68 minutes into the
:16:10. > :16:15.game when Van Persie took that penalty. No doubt Sir Alex Ferguson
:16:15. > :16:19.had his briefcase with his hair drier ready. By the end he was
:16:19. > :16:27.putting it back. I do not think he will be enamoured by the penalty
:16:27. > :16:35.kick. What a performance by Van Persie. He had set them on target.
:16:35. > :16:41.Three goals. -- seven of them on target. The first goal was classic
:16:41. > :16:51.Van Persie. The position, the first touch. He scored a great cole mack
:16:51. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:58.last week against Fulham. -- goal. He drags away. Keeps on going.
:16:58. > :17:06.Keeps on dragging away. Valencia crosses it. He gives himself some
:17:06. > :17:11.space. He makes it look easy. He still has a lot to do. It is
:17:11. > :17:17.imperative he gets it right. And boy, does he get it right. The
:17:17. > :17:25.goalkeeper had no chance. He had no chance because of the pace of the
:17:25. > :17:35.strike. The next couple of clips we see that he is vastly overrated, of
:17:35. > :17:35.
:17:35. > :17:40.course! Paul Scholes came on. The best player on the pitch. Then he
:17:40. > :17:50.makes the penalty kick. He waits for the tackle. He gets up and
:17:50. > :17:53.
:17:53. > :18:00.takes it. Like all great strikers he makes up forehead. He was in the
:18:00. > :18:06.right place at the right time. Fantastic header. He is loving that.
:18:06. > :18:15.Not even thinking about that penalty. You know as somebody who
:18:15. > :18:20.was paid to score goals, the spotlight is on you. That is it. If
:18:20. > :18:27.you are bought to score goals. He has started off like a train. His
:18:27. > :18:32.quality is there to see. You miss a penalty. You stand strong. It is a
:18:32. > :18:41.dream start. But you have to mention the Scholes at the age of
:18:41. > :18:47.46! Southampton were tired. It was a perfect time to put him on.
:18:47. > :18:52.Persie said he was the man of the match. Let's talk about Southampton.
:18:52. > :18:58.If Nigel is watching now, he will despair of me saying this. The only
:18:58. > :19:04.positives he wants are points. But it has to be said in the
:19:04. > :19:08.performance, there are many positives. They deserved something
:19:08. > :19:13.I'd of the game today. Not only for effort and commitment but for how
:19:14. > :19:18.they played. They played some great football. The centre-forward,
:19:18. > :19:26.Rickie Lambert, sometimes you look at strikers who are big and strong
:19:26. > :19:35.and cannot play. He is big and strong and can play. He scores the
:19:35. > :19:41.opening goal. He drags to the back post. Classic header. It is clever
:19:41. > :19:47.because he is in the position to be able to adjust. I like this. Good
:19:47. > :19:55.first touch. Place it wide, comes back to him. Great position to hit
:19:55. > :20:02.it. Great instinctive strike. He put himself in great positions.
:20:02. > :20:09.love this. This is clever play. He looks to see when Vidic is coming.
:20:09. > :20:13.Vidic has no alternative but to go over the top. The second goal, that
:20:13. > :20:18.put Southampton in the lead. He will give a lot of Premier League
:20:18. > :20:28.defences big trouble. Money well spent when they bought him. Sir
:20:28. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:46.Alex Ferguson, 1000 league games in Most wins, Tockenham, 34. The game
:20:46. > :20:52.he like the most was the one at White Hart Lane when Tottenham were
:20:52. > :20:57.leading by three-0, Manchester United came back to beat them 4-3.
:20:57. > :21:03.How many times have we seen performances like today? 5-10
:21:03. > :21:08.minutes remaining, they are getting beaten, they come back. There is
:21:08. > :21:13.none Lock about that. That is what Manchester United do. That is their
:21:13. > :21:19.footprint. He is only three weeks into the season and we have already
:21:20. > :21:23.had a Ferdy pointing at his watch. -- Fergie. Right, the good news is
:21:23. > :21:33.that there were no Sunday duds today, so it's worth staying up for
:21:33. > :21:38.
:21:38. > :21:43.Newcastle Aston Villa. But for now goals the away side could not score.
:21:43. > :21:51.At the moment we have not scored. We know we cannot score. But we
:21:51. > :21:55.have not conceded. We know it will be a difficult game. Of all the
:21:55. > :21:59.games we have had, they have been incredible locations. The
:22:00. > :22:07.supporters really do lift the team and carry them. Hopefully that will
:22:07. > :22:13.be the case this week Guy Mowbray is the commentator.
:22:13. > :22:21.Nothing exciting on a premier -- deadline day. No Premier League
:22:21. > :22:25.wins to date. There is one new face in the home team. He was wanted by
:22:25. > :22:35.Arsenal but Liverpool got the deal done. He takes over from the
:22:35. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:39.injured Lucas. Agger and Jose Enrique come Owen. Vito Mannone
:22:39. > :22:49.continues in goal for Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gets his first
:22:49. > :22:57.
:22:57. > :23:07.meat. It comes on a significant date. It is the 99th meeting of the
:23:07. > :23:11.
:23:11. > :23:19.teams at Anfield on what would have been Bill Shankly's 99th birthday.
:23:19. > :23:29.Borini fired the shot in. He is not shy. He will have at try when he
:23:29. > :23:58.
:23:58. > :24:06.gets that the chance. It flew past at Reina. A brisk feel to the game.
:24:06. > :24:11.Both teams in an attacking frame of mind. It all bodes well. 40 games
:24:11. > :24:16.against Liverpool as Arsenal manager. He has won 15. He did not
:24:16. > :24:26.win any of the first eight. This is Brendan Rodgers's first time as
:24:26. > :24:47.
:24:47. > :24:56.Arsenal! Their first goal of the season. The new boys linked
:24:56. > :25:06.perfectly. A quick Arsenal counter and Liverpool are on done. Cazorla
:25:06. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:14.got it from Podolski. Saw Podolski continued his run and found him. It
:25:14. > :25:17.all came from Steven Gerard losing possession. -- Steven Gerrard. No
:25:17. > :25:22.surprise that Arsenal's first goal of the new campaign has been
:25:22. > :25:32.created by Santi Cazorla, who has been brilliant. Lucas Podolski gets
:25:32. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :26:07.reward for the effort he has put in. the post. Why did Arsenal not get
:26:07. > :26:13.that one away? Top marks to Borini. He did brilliantly to keep that in.
:26:13. > :26:23.Three Arsenal defenders went for the ball. None of them cleared it.
:26:23. > :26:40.
:26:40. > :26:48.Sterling came close to equalising. went down. It is not a penalty. Per
:26:48. > :26:58.Mertesacker stressed that the long- leg and made contact with the ball.
:26:58. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:17.Giroud! He cannot find the target. He had to find the target. Not
:27:17. > :27:27.quite as big as the chance he missed against Sunder land in the
:27:27. > :27:40.
:27:40. > :27:46.first week. But he had to do better area. The crowd screaming for a
:27:46. > :27:52.spot kick. Soirees seems bemused as to why he has not got one. -- Luis
:27:52. > :27:57.Suarez. Mertesacker had a hold of him. It never takes much for Luis
:27:57. > :28:07.Suarez to go down. Was he touched? I do not know why he has got a hold
:28:07. > :28:30.
:28:30. > :28:40.from Reina. It was on target. Just got the feeling that something
:28:40. > :29:13.
:29:13. > :29:23.five Vito Mannone. -- by the tow far wide. Reina may just have got
:29:23. > :29:41.
:29:41. > :29:45.there and had his coast -- pulsed has deserved that. He has been
:29:45. > :29:53.outstanding in the Arsenal's opening games. Reina has not had
:29:53. > :29:59.such a good start to the campaign. He never stops. He drilled it
:29:59. > :30:04.straight at the Liverpool goalkeeper. It is too much for him.
:30:04. > :30:14.The more we see it, the worse it looks for a Reina. Santi Cazorla
:30:14. > :30:43.
:30:43. > :30:50.has got his first goal macro for for Arsenal this afternoon. He does
:30:50. > :30:56.not have another striker to put on. It is going to take time what
:30:56. > :31:06.Brendan Rodgers wants to do with this Liverpool team. For the
:31:06. > :31:20.
:31:20. > :31:25.supporters it is a very frustrating match. He sometimes gives the
:31:26. > :31:31.impression the whole world is against him. Today it might be.
:31:31. > :31:41.Three games in a row without conceding a goal. I wonder how much
:31:41. > :31:56.
:31:56. > :32:00.influence Steve Bould has had on Mannone has parried it behind.
:32:00. > :32:05.Watching Arsenal played today, they way they kept it, is that what you
:32:05. > :32:14.want your team to do? I was fully aware of the job I had to do in
:32:14. > :32:19.here. That takes players and a lot of work on the training field. They
:32:19. > :32:23.are 15 years into their way of working, but give credit to them.
:32:23. > :32:27.They won the game and by the end they hit the ball well enough to
:32:27. > :32:31.secure the win. We still had chances and could have got
:32:31. > :32:36.something. But it is a disappointing result for us, but
:32:36. > :32:44.there are plenty of positives from it. Is this one of the days when
:32:44. > :32:50.everything comes together for you? Yes, we had good cohesion. That is
:32:51. > :32:58.why we scored today, but we had two good team performances in the first
:32:58. > :33:03.two games. Therefore it became a bit easier. It was a convincing win.
:33:03. > :33:09.It was always going to be a difficult start. We have got a very
:33:09. > :33:15.young team and I thought Raheem Sterling was excellent. Glen
:33:15. > :33:21.Johnson was terrific on the right side. You have got to keep working
:33:21. > :33:26.hard and as I said we are not magicians as coaches. We have got
:33:26. > :33:33.to work hard and work well and the results will come. Santi Cazorla
:33:33. > :33:38.has had a massive impact very quickly. He is a top player. He
:33:38. > :33:46.plays football like I would like everybody to play. It is a pleasure
:33:46. > :33:51.to watch him and we are lucky to We sat here a year ago almost to
:33:51. > :33:56.the day and we were talking on this very show, the first run of
:33:56. > :34:03.analysis, was about Arsenal conceding eight goals in one game.
:34:03. > :34:08.What difference is there? On the day their performance was
:34:08. > :34:14.magnificent. We have seen them play before and offensively not been
:34:14. > :34:18.solid. You can see that Steve Bould has been training them. Certainly
:34:18. > :34:27.the back four are more solid and resolute and they get position
:34:27. > :34:32.better this season. The near post flicked corner, but going forward
:34:32. > :34:38.who won it for them today? player, Abou Diaby was absolutely
:34:38. > :34:44.outstanding. Everything he tried today was spot on. He finds himself
:34:44. > :34:52.in positions. That was a lovely dummy. Everything he did today was
:34:52. > :35:02.simple. That was his vision, knowing what was behind him. He
:35:02. > :35:05.
:35:05. > :35:11.keeps everything simple and he He was very positive. Every time he
:35:11. > :35:17.passes the ball he tries to get on it again, or he moves forward. He
:35:17. > :35:23.keeps Arsenal moving. There is a long way to go in terms of his
:35:23. > :35:32.contribution, but the way he shapes up. It is the way he passes the
:35:32. > :35:37.ball. His vision and his stature. A bit of defensive play from him.
:35:37. > :35:42.Doing two jobs for Arsenal. Keeping hold of the ball, making sure they
:35:42. > :35:50.retain it. For me today it was one of the best performances so far in
:35:50. > :35:54.the three games. The three in the middle of the park where great.
:35:54. > :35:59.What about Liverpool? Where they are the architects of their own
:35:59. > :36:04.downfall? I thought Liverpool were quite impressive and they passed it
:36:04. > :36:10.quite well, but if you are playing against Arsenal, you do not let
:36:10. > :36:18.them settle and give them time and space. I thought Liverpool did not
:36:18. > :36:24.do that. Arsenal had far too much time and space early on. Abou Diaby
:36:24. > :36:31.had oceans of space. When you give multi-talented players this sort of
:36:31. > :36:41.time and space, they will destroy you. That was a great move. Here we
:36:41. > :36:42.
:36:42. > :36:46.are again when it breaks down. Liverpool press a bit, but when
:36:46. > :36:52.Abou Diaby comes past, they back off and there is too much time and
:36:52. > :36:59.space. A little bit of movement and there is a great chance. This is
:36:59. > :37:09.one of the great moves of any season. With Liverpool the front
:37:09. > :37:17.two Press, but nobody else presses. It is absolutely magnificent play.
:37:17. > :37:22.We are talking about oceans of space. They are halfway in the
:37:22. > :37:27.Liverpool half. You will not see any better than that anywhere.
:37:27. > :37:32.Liverpool did not do badly, but when the philosophy is pass, pass,
:37:32. > :37:39.pass, when you come up against a better team that passes better than
:37:39. > :37:44.you are, you will be in trouble. Brendan Rodgers had three league
:37:44. > :37:49.games and he said Rome was not built in a-day. Is there something
:37:49. > :37:55.to be said for getting the basics right, the job you are employed to
:37:55. > :38:01.do, and then build on that? Absolute leave. The first game was
:38:01. > :38:05.against West Brom, the second against Man City. I was always
:38:05. > :38:09.taught your first job as a defender is to defend. It is not about how
:38:09. > :38:18.many times you get it right, it is about how many times you get it
:38:18. > :38:24.wrong. The full-backs go further forward. Glen Johnson thinks he is
:38:24. > :38:30.playing outside right. He is a multi-talented player. But when we
:38:30. > :38:36.pick him up in this position, when it breaks down he is the first man
:38:36. > :38:42.forward. You have got to have somebody filling in for him. This
:38:42. > :38:47.is the first 20 minutes. Sometimes attackers do not get back as
:38:47. > :38:52.quickly as they should do. He is the front man there again. He
:38:52. > :39:02.obviously thinks he is a right-wing heir. He is looking for the ball
:39:02. > :39:05.
:39:05. > :39:13.over the top and he is the furthest man forward. You have seen this
:39:13. > :39:19.from an attacking prospective where Glen Johnson is relatively quick,
:39:19. > :39:26.but Lukas Podolski is not that quick. Now he is not that quick.
:39:26. > :39:33.But he ran past Glen Johnson. You have got to get back into your
:39:33. > :39:38.position first and defend. He has not done enough. Today he has gone
:39:38. > :39:48.forward too much and has not defended too much. It is well worth
:39:48. > :39:55.
:39:55. > :40:00.the win debate. First, a little bit of digital love. From early
:40:00. > :40:09.tomorrow you can see our burners, Match Of The Day three. Alan Hansen
:40:09. > :40:14.loves doing it. All the goals from yesterday on the way after a trip
:40:14. > :40:21.to St James's for a game between two teams who right now are in two
:40:21. > :40:26.very different places. If you are Paul Lambert and you're Aston Villa
:40:26. > :40:33.side need a win, you do not want a trip to Tyneside right now. The
:40:33. > :40:38.Magpies have handed out some real hidings here and the past. One goal
:40:38. > :40:43.just conceded in the last three encounters. Aston Villa might be
:40:43. > :40:49.buoyed up by a decent League Cup performance midweek. Alan Pardew
:40:49. > :40:59.gets to watch this one from the dug-out. Watching from the stands
:40:59. > :41:01.
:41:01. > :41:06.a pitch side view of his new strikers. The last time they scored
:41:06. > :41:16.in the same match was against a delay in February. Newcastle are
:41:16. > :41:43.
:41:43. > :41:53.injury. Newcastle have been largely invincible here in 2012. Only
:41:53. > :42:21.
:42:21. > :42:31.Manchester City have emerged reasonable power. Aston Villa are
:42:31. > :42:31.
:42:31. > :43:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:43:27. > :43:32.having a reasonable spell. They are was helped on by Ciaran Clarke into
:43:32. > :43:39.the path of Barry Bannan. A good delivery from Barry Bannan and a
:43:39. > :43:49.good finish from Keirin clerk. The man who was sent off last weekend's
:43:49. > :43:49.
:43:49. > :44:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:44:35. > :44:45.excellent block. Brad Guzan has come to Aston Villa's aid a couple
:44:45. > :44:45.
:44:45. > :46:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:46:15. > :46:24.stretching. The direction was not cats from Brad Guzan. -- the catch.
:46:24. > :46:34.Some encouragement for the Newcastle supporters. Aston Villa
:46:34. > :46:59.
:46:59. > :47:09.enjoying this. They cannot become comfortable save. It was a well hit
:47:09. > :47:10.
:47:10. > :47:20.shot. Plenty of warning signs for Newcastle that Aston Villa are not
:47:20. > :47:34.
:47:34. > :47:44.Newcastle needed inspiring. They needed somebody to produce
:47:44. > :47:53.something. And boy, did Ben Arfa producer at? -- produce it. Within
:47:53. > :48:03.the blink of an IT it nestled in the roof of the net. Quite stunning.
:48:03. > :48:22.
:48:22. > :48:32.They will not tire of seeing this straight to the other end after
:48:32. > :48:49.
:48:49. > :48:58.conceding. Still possessing a in front. What an opportunity for
:48:58. > :49:08.Aston Villa to get all three points. Ireland knows it, the manager knows
:49:08. > :49:28.
:49:28. > :49:38.magnificent intervention. On his Premier League debut, 18 years old.
:49:38. > :49:43.
:49:43. > :49:53.That is as good as a goal. Was that a push? It was. A yellow card. When
:49:53. > :49:53.
:49:53. > :50:00.Newcastle find themselves a winner? Good effort by Cabaye. Good save by
:50:00. > :50:04.Brad Guzan. Cabaye was just about to embark on his celebration. It
:50:04. > :50:14.was a big decision by Paul Lambert to leave Shay Given on the bench.
:50:14. > :50:14.
:50:14. > :50:19.He has certainly justified that We played really good football. If
:50:19. > :50:25.we keep playing like that and keep working as hard as that, it is a
:50:25. > :50:31.start. It was not a great day on the sideline for us. It was a
:50:31. > :50:37.frustrating one when at the set plays did not come of. We changed
:50:37. > :50:41.position. The fair play to Villa. I take my hat off to them today. They
:50:41. > :50:45.worked so hard. They can be proud of their performance. You made the
:50:45. > :50:50.decision to bring in Brad Guzan today. What was the thinking behind
:50:50. > :50:57.that? I thought it was the right decision for the football club at
:50:57. > :51:02.this moment in time. He made two world-class saves. It was a big
:51:02. > :51:08.call. That is the game. What were your feelings when you were told it
:51:08. > :51:16.was you? One of those, when your name is called you just want to
:51:16. > :51:21.help the team do well. I was happy to be in the team. You want to
:51:21. > :51:30.contribute to getting a good result. Luckily it came off today. The goal
:51:30. > :51:33.was special. He has been our best player this season. Fortunately, he
:51:33. > :51:38.is not in the French squad so we will put him in cotton wool and
:51:38. > :51:44.wait for Everton. At Lucker Premier League managers trying to impose
:51:44. > :51:49.themselves on their respective sides. What about Aston Villa?
:51:49. > :51:54.just starting to take on board the way the manager wants to play the
:51:54. > :51:59.game. The energy he instilled into Norwich. Villa were unrecognisable
:51:59. > :52:07.today. Their energy to win the ball back. They forced Newcastle to play
:52:07. > :52:12.a certain way. All around the ball. All around -- all wanting to get on
:52:12. > :52:22.it. Paul Lambert wants them to go forward. He wants the opposition to
:52:22. > :52:27.
:52:27. > :52:32.Newcastle have the ball. Look at this closing down. Newcastle forced
:52:32. > :52:38.into making mistakes. That was all over the pits, all game. That is
:52:38. > :52:45.what you want to see from your centre-forward. Trying to get
:52:45. > :52:50.chances for your team-mates. Signs of life. But if they are to prosper,
:52:50. > :53:00.unless they signed Belgium's best kept secret, they need barrack --
:53:00. > :53:01.
:53:01. > :53:06.Darren Bent? Yes. There are signs of the team doing well. Bentwood
:53:06. > :53:12.possibly have scored this one back in 2009. -- Darren Bent would
:53:12. > :53:19.possibly have. He is putting itself in a position to score. He should
:53:19. > :53:27.have swivelled on that. He is looking positive. He is now on the
:53:27. > :53:35.front foot. I think you will get his goals. -- he will. I would like
:53:35. > :53:42.to see Ben strike that first time. -- Darren Bent. Good signs for Paul
:53:42. > :53:47.Lambert. You know as the Don of punditry, no big sweeping
:53:47. > :53:50.statements after a couple of games. People have been writing them off
:53:50. > :53:55.after the first couple of games. They were poor at the first couple
:53:55. > :54:00.of matches. But the green shoots of recovery were there today. What
:54:00. > :54:04.does it say about Newcastle that that is classified as a bad game?
:54:04. > :54:10.Newcastle have come a long way under Alan Pardew. They were not
:54:10. > :54:15.very good in the first half. In the second have be played a lot better.
:54:15. > :54:19.It is a sign of a good side that they can play so appallingly badly
:54:19. > :54:24.in the first-half and come back and play so well in the second.
:54:24. > :54:34.Obviously they got more bodies forward. There were chasing the
:54:34. > :54:36.
:54:36. > :54:44.deficit. Unfortunately the ball did not get played in here. When the
:54:44. > :54:52.goal eventually came from Ben Arfa, who has been sensational this
:54:52. > :54:58.season, Dion Dublin was shouting, keep him on his right foot! He has
:54:58. > :55:04.got such a wonderful left. Holman get back and takes him on the right
:55:04. > :55:10.side. He did the right thing. Nobody realised just how good Ben
:55:10. > :55:17.Arfa was. You do want that. You wanted him to go on his right. Brad
:55:17. > :55:27.Guzan did that a few times today, kept them in again. You cannot let
:55:27. > :55:27.
:55:27. > :55:35.Ben Arthur shoot from there. -- Ben Arfa. That is his first Premier
:55:35. > :55:37.League goal on his right foot. So Dion was right! OK, six games from
:55:37. > :55:47.yesterday, all bundled together over six minutes of goals, gaffes
:55:47. > :55:58.
:55:58. > :56:02.despite some sunshine, such -- summer is all but over. The
:56:02. > :56:06.transfer window is definitely closed. Until January, it is all
:56:06. > :56:11.about the football. Some sites were showing off their shiny new players.
:56:11. > :56:16.Others were having to make do. Where better to begin the round-up
:56:16. > :56:26.than at Upton Park where West Ham had Andy Carroll, while Fulham had
:56:26. > :56:36.
:56:36. > :56:45.dinner Tam Berbatov. -- Dimitar in 50 odd seconds. Andy Carroll had
:56:45. > :56:55.a huge role in it. It is two to West Ham United. Winston Reid up
:56:55. > :57:15.
:57:15. > :57:22.Fulham are terrified of Andy Carroll. He has heard himself here.
:57:22. > :57:28.West Ham will hope it is not a dead leg. Or even worse, hamstring. He
:57:28. > :57:38.did not score but he played such an important role in the first half.
:57:38. > :57:38.
:57:38. > :57:41.Andy Carroll will be a very good signing on the evidence of this.
:57:41. > :57:51.Taylor look in difficulty. Everybody on their feet to give him
:57:51. > :57:53.
:57:53. > :58:03.a standing ovation as he is taken off the pitch. Fletcher! He has put
:58:03. > :58:29.
:58:30. > :58:37.the Sunderland shirt first Steven Fletcher. Sunderland need all their
:58:37. > :58:44.concentration. Niche you! He has done it again. -- Michu. This
:58:44. > :58:54.fellow cannot stop scoring. Great leap. What a finish. Really silly
:58:54. > :59:04.
:59:04. > :59:14.challenge by the Spaniard. It is a Outstanding save. A great run by
:59:14. > :59:33.
:59:33. > :59:40.Snodgrass. Dembele! I goal on his It is Robert Snodgrass. Russell
:59:40. > :59:50.Martin knocked it back and Snodgrass tucked in the corner. The
:59:50. > :00:03.
:00:03. > :00:12.Odemwingie made it. Shane Long scored it. His first Premier League
:00:12. > :00:22.goal of the season. It is in the net again from Gafa Macauley. Timed
:00:22. > :00:44.
:00:44. > :00:54.his run just right. -- Gareth scores. -- penalty. That was also a
:00:54. > :01:00.
:01:00. > :01:05.penalty. Johnathan Walters scores. Franco di Santo. The Argentine is
:01:05. > :01:14.on a great run. That his five goals in his last eight appearances in
:01:15. > :01:19.the Premier League. Stoke get an equaliser for a second time. A
:01:19. > :01:29.lovely, lofted ball from Johnathan Walters and Peter Crouch provides
:01:29. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:55.you have to say that had been coming. Queen's Park Rangers are
:01:55. > :02:05.level, but that was all about Andy Johnson's deflected shot. There was
:02:05. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:19.Bobby Zamora. Carlos Tevez takes the opportunity. He picks out Edin
:02:19. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:35.Dzeco. Carlos Tevez gets his 50th Dzeco. Carlos Tevez gets his 50th
:02:35. > :02:35.
:02:35. > :02:44.Premier League goal. Honeymoon periods everywhere. How long is the
:02:44. > :02:50.honeymoon period going to last? depends who the boy or the girl is.
:02:50. > :02:56.Andy Carroll is not going to play for a while. He is going to go for
:02:56. > :03:02.a scan. That is important because he was magnificent in the first 25
:03:02. > :03:06.minutes. We have got a lot of continental players who are in who
:03:06. > :03:12.are very good, but a huge part of the English game is still in the
:03:12. > :03:18.air and he is as good as you can get. And thoughts about Taylor. We
:03:18. > :03:23.knew that straight away. Moussa Dembele got a sensational goal.
:03:23. > :03:27.Tottenham have done very well to get him. Time up for the goal of
:03:27. > :03:37.the month even though it has only been two weekends in football in
:03:37. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :04:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:04:53. > :05:03.August. Get cash tag Muppet at the Magnificent. What a brilliant
:05:03. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:24.finish that was. That is what the money is 4th. That is as loud a raw
:05:24. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :06:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:06:11. > :06:16.or as I have heard for a Manchester Sometimes an easy job, no pressure
:06:16. > :06:22.on you whatsoever. You have got to pick one of those. Sometimes it is
:06:22. > :06:26.difficult and other times it is really easy. Do the right thing.
:06:26. > :06:35.There are not many people who can score goals like Robin Van Persie.
:06:35. > :06:42.I am going to go with him. Only two of us have ever scored like that. I
:06:42. > :06:49.scored one like that in 1994. It was on my right foot. In your
:06:49. > :06:56.dreams. I thought you grew up as a West Brom supportable stock I did,
:06:56. > :07:03.what is wrong with that? Zoltan Gierek if you are watching and feel
:07:03. > :07:11.free to write a letter of complaint. Before we go a couple of tables and
:07:11. > :07:17.tomorrow's headlines tonight. Daylight robbery at St Mary's as
:07:17. > :07:26.van Persie bags a hat-trick to beat Southampton 3-2. It never rains but
:07:26. > :07:36.pause for Liverpool as Arsenal start firing at Anfield. And Aston
:07:36. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:50.Villa are denied it the big three Chelsea are now the only club with
:07:50. > :07:50.
:07:50. > :08:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds
:08:31. > :08:36.This is an alternative table. That is all from us, but we leave you
:08:36. > :08:41.tonight on a sad note as we pause to remember put all's forgotten men
:08:41. > :08:51.left to walk aimlessly through the streets alone. The free agents who
:08:51. > :09:07.